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SCHOOL LAWS 



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WASHINGTON 



ENACTED BY THE LEGISTATURE 
OF 1919 



PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 

MRS. JOSEPHINE CORLISS PRESTON 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 
OLYMPIA 



1919 



OLYMPIA 
FRANK M. LAMBORN,n^^^> PUBLIC PRINTER 
1919 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON— DEPAETMENT OF 
EDUCATION. 

Office of Supeeintendent of Public IisrsTEucTioisr, 

Olympia. 

For the benefit of school officers I have compiled the 
school laws enacted at the last session of the legislature. 
This pamphlet should be used in connection with the 
1917 Code of Public Instruction. 

Mes. Josephine Coeliss Peeston, 

Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

April 10, 1919. - 




LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
RECEIVED 

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CONTENTS. 



Chap. Page 

22. State Board of Education shall prescribe as a course of 
'study in the high schools of the state American his- 
tory and American government and shall require one 
year's work as a prerequisite for graduation 5 

27. No discrimination in the payment of salaries between 

male and female teachers in the public schools & 

30. Fines and forfeitures for violations of the provisions of 
Initiative Measure Number 3 shall be placed to the 
credit of the current state school fund 7 

32. An appropriation for the State College of Washington. . 8 

3 8. Prohibiting certain persons from teaching in the public 

schools of the state 9- 

45. Relating to the apportionment of school funds to school 

districts 10 

55. An appropriation for the State Normal School at Cheney 12 

63. Establishing a system of student fees at the University 
of Washington and providing for the collection and 
disposal of the same 12 

80. Regulating the procuring of printing, binding and sta- 
tionery work by counties, cities, towns, port districts 
and school districts and requiring that, except in cer- 
tain instances, such work shall be executed in the 
state 15 

89. Providing for courses in Physical Education for element- 

ary and secondary schools, for state normal schools 
and for the University of Washington and the State 
College of Washington 17 

90. Relating to the public schools, (1) to the consolidation 

of school districts; (2) disorganization of school dis- 
tricts; (3) to the powers of school directors; (4) to 
the display of the United States flag, and penalty for 
violation; (5) to interest of directors in contracts or 
purchases of districts and to compensation of direc- 
tors for expense of attending meetings; (6) to ap- 
proval of building plans and specifications by county 
superintendent; (7) to duties of the secretary; (8) 
to powers of directors in districts of the first class; 
(9) to holding of teachers' institutes; (10) to the issu- 
ance and sale of school bonds; (11) to school elec- 
tions in districts of the first class; (12) to appeals. . 19 

139. Relating to the qualifications of public officers 36 



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Chap. Page 

142. Defining taxing districts and assessed A^alue of property 

for taxation purposes 36 

147. Establishing a state normal school at Centralia 39 

150. Providing for the establishment and regulating the oper- 

ation of Teachers' Retirement Funds in school dis- 
tricts of the first class, defining powers and duties of 
certain officers and providing for the levy and collec- 
tion of taxes therefor 41 

151. Providing for the establishment of Part-Time Schools 

and Classes and defining conditions under which at- 
tendance therein is compulsory 46 

156. Authorizing the compensatian of clerks of second and 

third class districts 52 

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160. Providing for the acceptance of the benefits of an act of 

Congress making provision for the promotion of voca- 
tional education 53 

162. Relating to the salaries of state officers 58 

168. Classification of counties according to population and 

fixing the salaries of county officers according to class 60 

175. Fixing the term of county and precinct officers and pre- 
scribing the time of holding elections 63 

193. Relating to, the Bureau of Farm Development 64 

202. Relating to Parental Schools 68 



SCHOOL LAWS ENACTED 1919 



CHAPTER 22. 

[S. B. 11.] 

STUDY OP AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT 
IN HIGH SCHOOLS. 

An Act relating to education, the powers and duties of the state 
board of education, and prescribing a course of study in 
American history and American government as a prerequisite 
of graduation in high schools. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington : 

Section 1. The study of American history and 
American government is hereby declared to be in- 
dispensable to good citizenship and an accurate un- 
derstanding of our institutions, and a proper appre- 
ciation of national ideals. 

Sec. 2. The state board of education shall pre- 
scribe as a course of study in the high schools of this 
state, American history and American government, 
and shall require as a prerequisite for graduation 
from any of said high schools one full school year of 
study of American history and American govern- 
ment. 

Passed the Senate January 24, 1919. 

Passed the House February 6, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor February 14, 1919. 



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CHAPTEE 27. 

[H. B. 20.] 

EQUALITY OF WAGE FOR MALE AND FEMALE 
TEACHERS. 

Aif Act to prevent discrimination in tlie payment of salaries be- 
tween male and female teacliers in the public schools of this 
state. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington : 

Sectioi?^ 1. It shall be unlawful for any board of 
school directors in fixing the compensation of any 
teacher in the public schools of this state to discrim- 
inate between male and female teachers on account 
of sex: Provided, That this act shall not affect any 
contract entered into prior to the date of passage 
thereof. 

Passed the House January 23, 1919. 

Passed the Senate February 6, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor February 14, 1919. 



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CHAPTEK 30. 

[H. B. 40.] 

DISPOSITION OF FINES UNDER LIQUOR PROHIBITION 

LAW. 

An Act providing for the disposition of fines and forfeitures for 
violations of the provisions of Initiative Measure No. 3, en- 
acted by the people November 3, 1914, as amended, amend- 
ing section 4606 of Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes 
and Statutes of Washington, and declaring that this act shall 
take effect immediately. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington : 

Sectios" 1. That section 4606 of Eem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4606. Except as otherwise provided by 
law, all sums of money derived from fines imposed 
for violation of orders of injunction, mandamus and 
other like writs, or for contempt of court, and the 
net proceeds of all fines collected within the several 
counties of the state for breach of the penal laws, 
and all funds arising from the sale of lost goods and 
estrays, and from penalties and forfeitures, shall be 
paid in cash by the person collecting the same, within 
twenty days after the collection, to the county treas- 
urer of the county in which the same have accrued, 
and shall be by him transmitted to the state treas- 
urer, who shall place the same to the credit of the 
current state school fund. He shall indicate in such 
entry the source from which such money was de- 
rived : Provided, hoivever, that fifty per cent (50% ) 
of all fines collected for the violation of any of the 
provisions of Initiative Measure No. 3 enacted by 
the people November 3, 1914, shall be turned in to 
the county treasurer of the county wherein such vio- 
lation occurred, to be kept as a special fund by said 
county treasurer and to be used for the purpose of 
obtaining evidence in other cases pertaining to the 



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violation of the provisions of said Initiative Measure 
No. 3 enacted by the people November 3, 1914, said 
fund to be drawn upon by vouchers by the sheriff of 
the county wherein the said violation occurred and 
approved by the prosecuting attorney and a majority 
of the board of county commissioners of said' county. 
A forfeiture of bail shall be construed as a fine. If 
at the end of any fiscal year there remains any sur- 
plus in said fund same shall be turned into the state 
current school fund. 

Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate 
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, 
and shall t^ke effect immediately. 

Passed the House January 29, 1919. 

Passed the Senate February 6, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor February 14, 1919. 

This act amends Section 352, Code of Public Instruction, 
1917. 



CHAPTER 32. 

LH. B. 99.] 

DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION FOR STATE COLLEGE. 

An Act making an appropriation for the State College of Wash- 
ington. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That there be and hereby is appro- 
priated out of the general fund for the State College 
of Washington, to be expended during the current 
biennium, the following sums, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary : For salaries and wages, twenty- 
five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) ; for supplies. 



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maintenance and service, thirteen thousand five hun- 
dred dollars ($13,500.00). 

Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate 
support of existing public institutions of the state 
and shall take effect immediately. 

Passed the House January 31, 1919. 

Passed the Senate February 6, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor February 15, 1919. 



CHAPTER 38. 

[H. B. 6.] 



RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. 

An Act prohibiting certain persons from teaching in the public 
schools of this state and providing punishment for the viola- 
tion thereof. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. No person, who is not a citizen of 
the United States of America, shall teach or be per- 
mitted or qualified to teach in any common school 
or high school in this state: Provided, however, 
That the superintendent of public instruction may 
grant to aliens a permit to teach in the common 
and high schools of this state; providing such 
teacher has all the other qualifications required by 
law, has declared his or her intention of becoming 
a citizen of the United States of America, and that 
five years and six months have not expired since 
such declaration was made. Such permits shall at 
all times be subject to revocation by and at the dis- 
cretion of the superintendent of public instruction. 

Sec. 2. No person, whose certificate or diploma 
authorizing him or her to teach in the public schools 



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of this state shall have been revoked on account of 
his or her failure to endeavor to impress on the 
minds of his or her pupils the principles of patriot- 
ism, or to train them up to the true comprehension 
of the rights, duty and dignity of American Citi- 
zenship, shall teach or be permitted or qualified to 
teach in any public school in this state, and no cer- 
tificate or diploma shall be issued to such person. 
Sec. 3. Any person teaching in any school in 
violation of this act, and any school director know- 
ingly permitting any person to teach in any school 
in violation of this act, shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor. 

Passed the House February 3, 1919. 
Passed the Senate February 11, 1919. 
Approved by the Governor February 20, 1919. 



CHAPTER 45. 

[S. S. B. 41.] 



APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS WHERE SCHOOLS 
CLOSED BY HEALTH OFFICERS. 

An Act relating to the apportionment of school funds to school 
districts and amending Section 4573 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington, and 
declaring an emergency. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That section 4573 of Remington & 
Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- 
ington be and the same is hereby amended to read 
as follows : 

Section 4573. When the school board of any dis- 
trict is obliged to close the schools by order of the 
board of health or health officer on account of the 



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prevalence of influenza or other contagious or in- 
fectious disease, or when it is impossible to maintain 
the schools on account of any circumstances over 
which the school board has no control, the state su- 
perintendent of public instruction and the county 
superintendent shall allow such district its regular 
apportionment of funds without deduction for the 
time so lost, the amount to be determined on the 
basis of the total days ' attendance in the district for 
the last prior year in which no such interruption 
occurred: Provided, That in all districts holding 
school during the school year of 1918-1919 and sub- 
sequent years whose enrollment shows an increase 
over that of the preceding year, the days' attend- 
ance for the school year 1918-1919 and subsequent 
years shall be ascertained for the purpose of the 
apportionment of school funds, by multiplying the 
average daily attendance of the school month show- 
ing the highest attendance by the number of days 
in the school session of the preceding year. 

Sec. 2. [Vetoed.] 

Passed the Senate January 30, 1919. 

Passed the House February 6, 1919. 

Section 1 approved by the Governor February 14, 
1919. 

Section 2 vetoed by the Governor February 14, 
1919. 

This act amends Section 319, Code of Public Instruction, 
1917. 



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CHAPTER 55. 

[H. B. 149.] 

DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION FOR CHENEY NORMAL 

SCHOOL. 

An Act making an appropriation for the State Normal School at 
Cheney, and declaring that this act shall take effect imme- 
diately. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. Tliat the sum of eight thousand dol- 
lars ($8,000.00), or so much thereof as may be nec- 
essary, of the unexpended appropriation from the 
Cheney Normal School fund for salaries and wages, 
appropriated by Chapter 172 of the Laws of 1917, be 
and' the same is hereby re-appropriated for the 
Cheney Normal School for supplies, material and 
service. 

Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate 
support of the existing public institutions of the 
state and shall take effect immediately. 

Passed the House, February 6, 1919. 

Passed the Senate, February 19, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor February 28, 1919. 



CHAPTER 63. 

[H. B. 104.] 

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENT FEES. 

An Act relating to a system of student fees in the University 
of Washington and providing for the collection and disposal 
of the same and amending sections two, three, four, five and 
six of chapter 66 of the Laws of 1915. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That section 2 of chapter QQ of the 
Laws of 1915 be amended to read as follows: 

Sec. 2. The board of regents of the University of 
Washington is hereby authorized to establish a sys- 



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tern of student fees in the university and to modify 
the same from time to time, and to charge and col- 
lect the fees so established from students registering 
in the university. Said fees, so established, charged 
and collected to consist of the following: (a) Gen- 
eral tuition fees to be paid by each student regis- 
tering in the university, (b) Special tuition fees 
to include: law, short course, marine station, cor- 
respondence or extension, special or individual in- 
struction, fees and such other special tuition fees 
as may be established by said board from time to 
time. These special tuition fees to be paid by each 
student registering for the special studies for which 
such special tuition fees are established, (c) Eeg- 
istration fees, (d) Student deposit, disciplinary, 
library, gymnasium, hospital or health fees, and 
such other fees as may be established by said board 
from time to time. These fees to be deposited oi- 
paid by each student required to deposit or pay 
same under rules to be prescribed by said board: 
Provided, That any honorably discharged soldier, 
sailor, marine or nurse who served during the war 
with Germany, shall be entitled to register and at- 
tend courses without the payment of any fees, ex- 
cept those in class (d) and special or individual in- 
struction fees in class (b). 

Sec. 2. That section 3 of chapter QQ of the 
Laws of 1915 be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3. All general tuition and registration 
fees mentioned in subdivision (a) and (c) of sec- 
tion one of this act shall within sixty-five days from 
the collection thereof be paid into the state treasury 
and by the state treasurer shall be credited to the 
''University of Washington Building Fund" to be 
used exclusively for the purpose of erecting, alter- 



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ing, maintaining, equipping, or furnishing buildings 
constructed under said act of March 15, 1915, and 
acts amendatory thereto. 

Sec. 3. That section 4 of chapter 66 of the Laws 
of 1915 be amended to read as follows : ' 

Section 4. Said special tuition fees mentioned 
in subdivision (b) and the fees mentioned in sub- 
division (d) of section one of this act, shall be held 
by the board of regents as a revolving fund and 
expended by it for the purposes for which collected 
and be accounted for in accordance with existing 
law. 

Sec. 4. That section 5 of chapter 66 of the 
Laws of 1915 be amended to read as follows : 

Section 5. Fees mentioned in subdivision (c) 
of section one of this act are not returnable to the 
student in whole or in part. Fees mentioned in sub- 
division (a) of said section one are not returnable 
except in case of sickness or causes entirely beyond 
the control of the student. No portion of the re- 
turnable fees shall be returned for voluntary or en- 
forced withdrawal after sixty days from the date 
of registration of the student. Students withdraw- 
ing under discipline forfeit all rights to the return 
of any portion of the fees. In no case shall more 
than one-half of the fee be refunded. 

Sec. 5. That section 6 of chapter 66 of the 
Laws of 1915 be amended to read as follows: 

Section 6. The board of regents may appoint 
to free scholarships those deserving students who 
after a term in residence have shown a marked ca- 
pacity for the work done by them in school. The 
number of free scholarships shall not in any term 
exceed ten per centum of the attendance. The ap- 
pointment of a free scholarship shall release the 



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student appointed from the payment of fees men- 
tioned in subdivision (a) of section one of this act. 

Passed the House February 3, 1919. 

Passed the Senate February 19, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 3, 1919. 

This act amends Sections 36-40, Code of Public Instruc- 
tion. 1917. 



CHAPTEE 80. 

[H. B. 93.] 



PUBLIC PRINTING FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. 

An Act regulating the procuring of printing, binding and station- 
ery work by counties, cities, towns, port districts and school 
districts, requiring that such work shall be executed within 
the state, except in certain instances. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 
Section 1. All printing, binding and stationery 
work executed for or on behalf of any county, city, 
town, port district or school district in this state 
shall be executed within the state, except as herein- 
after provided, and all proposals, requests or invita- 
tions to submit bids, prices, or contracts for, and all 
contracts for such work shall so stipulate: Pro- 
vided, that whenever it shall be established that any 
such work can not be executed within the state or 
that the lowest charge for which it can be procured 
within the state, exceeds the charge usually and 
customarily made to private individuals and cor- 
porations for work of similar character and quality, 
or that all bids for such work or any part thereof 
are excessive and not reasonably competitive, the 



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officer or officers of any such municipal corporation 
shall have power to have said work to be executed 
outside the state. 

Sec. 2. No bill or claim for any such work shall 
be allowed by any officer or officers of any such mu- 
nicipal corporation or be paid out of the funds 
thereof, unless it shall appear that such work was 
executed within the state or that the execution 
thereof within the state could not have been pro- 
cured, or procured at reasonable and competitive 
rates, and no action shall -be maintained against any 
such municipal corporation or its officers upon any 
contract for any such work unless it shall be alleged 
and proven that such work was executed within the 
state or that the bids received therefor were unrea- 
sonable or not truly competitive. 

Sec. 3. All contracts for such work to be exe- 
cuted outside the state as herein above provided, 
shall provide and require that such work shall be 
executed under conditions of labor and employment 
which shall substantially conform to the laws of this 
state respecting hours of labor and the minimum 
wage scale f Or women and minors, and the rules and 
regulations promulgated by the Industrial Welfare 
Commission of the State of "Washington regarding 
conditions of employment, hours of labor and mini- 
mum wages, and the violation of such provision of 
any contract shall be ground for cancellation thereof. 

Sec. 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as 
requiring any public official to accept any such work 
of inferior quality or workmanship. 

Passed the House, February 13, 1919. 
Passed the Senate, February 19, 1919. 

Allowed to become law without the Governor's signature. 
I. M. HowEix, Secretary of State. 



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CHAPTER 89. 

[S. H. B. 16.] 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. 

An Act providing for courses in Physical Education, for element- 
ary and secondary schools, for state normal schools and for 
the University of Washington and the State College of Wash- 
ington, and prescribing special duties of the State Board of 
Education in the administration thereof. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. After the J&rst day of September, 
1919, during periods averaging at least twenty min- 
utes in each school day, every pupil attending the 
first eight grades of the public schools of the State 
of Washington, shall receive as part of the required 
instruction therein, such courses in physical educa- 
tion as shall be prescribed by the State Board of 
Education : Provided, that individual pupils or stu- 
dents may be excused on account of physical disa- 
bility or religious belief. 

Sec. 2. All high schools of the state and all 
state normal schools, the University of Washing- 
ton, the State College of Washington, shall, each 
of them, emphasize the work in physical education, 
and shall carry into effect all such courses provided 
by the State Board of Education; said courses to 
provide for a minimum of ninety minutes in each 
school week: Provided, that individual students 
may be excused on account of physical disability 
or religious belief, or because of participation in di- 
rected athletics or military science and tactics. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Education shall, on 
or before August 1st, 1919, prepare said courses 
of instruction in physical education, and shall di- 
rect and enforce the instruction in such courses 



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throughout the state, with the assistance of the 
school officials, principals, county superintendents, 
boards of directors of the public schools, boards of 
trustees of the state normal schools, and boards of 
regents of the University of Washington, and of the 
State College of Washington, 

Sec. 4. Prior to September 1st, 1919, the State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall cause 
to be printed and distributed to school officials, prin- 
cipals, county superintendents, boards of directors 
of public schools, boards 'of trustees of the state 
norpial schools, and boards of regents of the Uni- 
versity of Washington, of the State College of 
Washington, a sufficient number of copies of said 
courses, to supply all teachers in the state concerned 
in the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and 
shall cause any revision or revisions of said courses 
to be printed and distributed in like manner. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of school officials, 
principals, county superintendents, boards of direc- 
tors of public schools, boards of trustees of the 
state normal schools, and boards of regents of the 
University of Washington, and of the State College 
of Washington, to direct and enforce said courses 
in physical education, or any revision or revisions 
thereof, as may be prescribed by the State Board of 
Education. 

Passed the House, February 19, 1919. 
Passed the Senate, March 5, 1919. 
Approved by the Governor March 11, 1919. 



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CHAPTER 90. 

[S. B. 93.] 

SCHOOL CODE AMENDMENTS. 

An Act relating to education and to the Public Schools; to the 
consolidation of school districts; to the powers of school 
directors; to the display of the United States Flag and pen- 
alty for violation; to interest of directors in contracts or 
purchases of district and to compensation of . directors for 
expense of attending meetings; to approval of building plans 
and specifications by County Superintendent; to duties of 
School Secretaries; to apportionment of school funds; to 
holding of teachers institutes; to the issuance and sale of 
school bonds; to school elections in districts of the first class; 
to appeals; to investment of school funds and amending Sec- 
tions 4445, 4470, 4481, 4482, 4487, 4493, 4494, 4500, 4509, 4569, 
4575, 4580, 4607, 4609, 4667, 4668, 4669, 4670, 4671, 4672, 4675, 
4694, 4685, 4707, and adding a new section thereto, to be 
known as Section 4482A, and repealing Sections 4674, 4676, 
4677, 4679, 4680, 4681 and 4682 of Remington and Ballinger's 
Annotated Codes and Statutes of the State of Washington. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That Section 4445 of Eemington & 
Ballinger 's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- 
ington be amended to read as follows: 

Section 4445. All school districts formed by the 
"uniting of two or more districts, as provided for in 
this act, shall be entitled to the public property of 
school districts so united and to all current funds 
in excess of outstanding indebtedness, other than 
bonded indebtedness, and the county superintendent 
shall transfer all such excess funds to the new dis- 
trict, in accordance with this provision and shall 
certify such transfer to the county treasurer : Pro- 
vided, that for the purpose of apportionment the 
consolidated district shall be considered one dis- 
trict: Provided, further, that for the purpose of 
apportionment the consolidated district shall be 



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credited with two thousand days' attendance in ad- 
dition to actual attendance for each district, less 
one, so consolidated: Prot)ided, further, that in 
order to be entitled to apportionment when two or 
more districts have consolidated, the board of di- 
rectors of such district shall elect a superintendent 
or principal who shall be subject to all conditions, 
duties and powers fixed by the Code of Public In- 
struction for superintendents or principals in dis- 
tricts of the second class. 

Amends Section 186, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 2. That Section 4470 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton is hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 4470. In case any school district shall 
have less than an average daily attendance of four 
pupils or shall not have maintained at least the min- 
imum amount of school required by law during the 
last preceding school year, or in case of territory 
which is not now a part of any school district, or 
in which there are no children of school age, the 
county superintendent shall have power to attach 
such territory to some contiguous school district or 
school districts without being petitioned to do so : 
Provided, that if any school district so disorganized 
shall have any outstanding bonds, warrants or other 
indebtedness the assessable property of such dis- 
trict shall be holden for the payment of such indebt- 
edness. 

Amends Section 211, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 3. That Section 4481 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4481. Every board of directors, unless 
otherwise specially provided by law, shall have 
power and it shall be its duty: 



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First : To employ for not more than one year, 
and for sufficient cause to discharge teachers, and 
to fix, alter, allow and order paid their salaries and 
compensation. The directors, except in districts of 
the first class, shall make with each teacher em- 
ployed by them a written or printed contract, which 
shall be in conformity with the laws of this state, 
and every such contract shall be made in duplicate, 
one copy of which shall be retained by the school 
district clerk, and the other shall be delivered to 
the teacher after having been approved and regis- 
tered by the county superintendent as by law re- 
quired. 

Second: To enforce the rules and regulations 
prescribed by the superintendent of public instruc- 
tion and the state board of education for the gov- 
ernment of schools, pupils and teachers, and to en- 
force the course of study lawfully prescribed for 
the schools of their districts. 

Third: To rent, repair, furnish and insure 
school-houses, to emplo}'' janitors, laborers and me- 
chanics. 

Fourth: To cause all school-houses to be prop- 
erly heated, lighted and ventilated, and to cause 
all school premises to be maintained in a cleanly 
and sanitary condition. 

Fifth: To purchase personal property in the 
name of the district and to receive, lease, issue and 
hold for their district any real or personal prop- 
erty. 

Sixth: To suspend or expel pupils from school 
who refuse to obey the rules thereof, and they shall 
exclude from school all children under six years of 
age. 

Seventh: To provide free text books and sup- 
plies to be loaned to the pupils of the school, when 



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in their judgment the best interests of their dis- 
trict will be subserved thereby, and to prescribe 
such rules' and regulations as they shall deem neces- 
sary to preserve such books and supplies from 
unnecessary damage, also to provide for the expendi- 
tures of a reasonable amount for suitable com- 
mencement exercises. 

Eighth: To require all pupils to be furnished 
with such books as may have been adopted by the 
lawful authority of this state, as a condition to 
membership in the schools. 

Ninth: To exclude from schools and school li- 
braries all books, tracts, papers and other publica- 
tions of an immoral or pernicious tendency. 

Tenth: To authorize the school-room to be used 
for summer or night schools, or for public, literary, 
scientific, religious, political, mechanical and agri- 
cultural meetings, under such regulations as the 
board of directors may adopt. 

Eleventh: To provide and pay for transporta- 
tion of children to and from school whether such 
children live within or without the district when in 
their judgment the best interests of their district 
will be subserved thereby, but the directors shall 
not be compelled to transport any pupil living within 
two miles of the school house. When children are 
transported from one school district to another the 
board of directors of the respective districts may 
enter into a written contract providing for a di- 
vision of the cost of such transportation between 
the districts. 

Twelfth: To establish and maintain night 
schools. 

Amends Section 223, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 



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Sec. 4. That Section 4482 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- 
ington be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4482. Every board of directors of the 
several school districts of this state shall procure a 
United States flag, which shall be replaced with a 
new one whenever the same becomes tattered, torn 
or faded, and shall cause said flag to be displayed 
upon or near each public school building during 
school hours, except in unsuitable weather, and at 
such other times as to said board may seem proper, 
and shall cause appropriate flag exercises to be held 
in every school at least once in each week at which 
exercises the pupils shall recite the following salute 
to the flag: "I pledge allegiance to my flag and to 
the republic for which it stands. One nation indi- 
visible with liberty and justice for all." 

Amends Section 224, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 5. That Remington & Ballinger's Anno- 
tated Codes and Statutes of Washington be amended 
by adding thereto a new section known as Section 
4482A, and to read as follows : 

Section 4482A. Any member of any board of 
directors of any school in the state, or any person 
employed by any board of directors of any school 
district, wilfully refusing or neglecting to comply 
with Section 4482, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not to 
exceed $10,00. Providing that any person so con- 
victed may be discharged from further service by 
the said school board. 

Sec. 6. That Section 4487 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows: 

Section 4487. It shall be unlawful for any direc- 
tor to have any pecuniary interest, either directly 



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or indirectly in the purchase of school sites or in the 
erection of school houses, or in the warming, venti- 
lating, furnishing, repairing or insuring of the same, 
or to be in any manner interested in or connected 
with the furnishing of supplies for the maintenance 
of schools, or to receive or accept any 'compensa- 
tion or reward for services rendered as director or 
be employed for hire by said district or by any 
person having a contract with said district: Pro- 
vided, that nothing in this section shall be construed 
to prevent a director elected as clerk from acting 
as purchasing agent for his district, or for receiv- 
ing such compensation for performing the duties of 
school district clerk as are now or may hereafter be 
provided by law: Provided further, that the actual 
expenses of directors incurred in going to and re- 
turning from and while in attendance upon any di- 
rectors' meeting or other meeting called or held in 
compliance with this code, also like expenses of su- 
perintendents or other school representatives, 
chosen by the directors attending any conferences 
or meetings or upon any urgent school business, 
called by the state superintendent or authorized by 
the directors, ma}^ be paid by the district. 

Amends Section 232, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 7. That Section 4493 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of "Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows: 

Section 4493. Whenever any board of directors 
of school districts of the third class shall be author- 
ized, by the electors of their district, to erect a 
school building, it shall be the duty of such board, 
before entering into any contract for the erection 
of any buildings, to obtain the approval of the 
county superintendent of the county in which the 
building is to be erected, of the plans and specifica- 



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tions for the building to be erected, said superin- 
tendent to give special attention to the provisions 
made therein for heating, lighting and ventilation. 

Amends Section 238, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 8. That Section 4500 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4500. It shall be the duty of the secre- 
tary to be present at all meetings of the board, to 
keep an accurate journal of the proceedings, to take 
charge of its books and documents, to countersign 
all warrants for school money drawn upon the 
county treasurer by order of the board; he may be 
authorized by the board to act as business manager, 
purchasing agent, superintendent of buildings and 
janitors, and charged with the special care of school 
buildings and other property of the district ; he shall 
also perform such other duties as the board may di- 
rect. 

Amends Section 245, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 9. That Section 4509 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4509. Every board of directors of a 
school district of the first class shall, in addition to 
the general powers enumerated in Chapter XVII 
(XV) of this title have the power: 

First: To employ for a term of not exceeding 
three years a city superintendent of schools of the 
district, and for cause to dismiss him; and to fix 
his duties and compensation. 

Second: To prescribe a course of study and a 
program of exercises which shall not be inconsis- 
tent with the course of study prepared by the state 



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board of education for the use of the common 
schools of this state. 

Third:' To make necessary by-laws for more ef- 
fectively carrying out the provisions of this act and 
for facilitating the work of the board, as required 
by law. 

Fourth: To adopt and enforce such rules and 
regulations as may be deemed essential to the well 
being of the schools, and to establish and maintain 
such grades and departments, including night, 
high, kindergarten, manual training and industrial 
schools and schools and departments for the edu- 
cation and training of any class or classes of de- 
fective youth, as shall, in the judgment of the board, 
best 'promote the interests of education in that dis- 
trict. 

Fifth: To employ, and, for cause, to dismiss 
teachers and janitors; to determine the length of 
time over and above eight (8) months that school 
shall be maintained: Provided, that for purposes 
of apportionment no district shall be credited with 
more than one hundred and eighty-three days' at- 
tendance in any school year ; to fix the time for an- 
nual opening and closing of schools and for the daily 
dismissal of primary pupils before the regular time 
for closing schools. 

Sixth: To employ a business manager, attor- 
neys, an architect, inspectors of construction, super- 
intendents of buildings and janitors, and a super- 
intendent of supplies and other employees, and to 
prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. 

Seventh : To employ, and for cause dismiss one 
or more assistant city superintendents- and to de- 
fine their duties and fix their compensation. 

Eighth: To employ, and for cause dismiss, su- 
pervisors of instruction, and to define their duties 
and fix their compensation. 



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Ninth: To maintain a shop and repair depart- 
ment; and to employ a foreman and the necessary 
help for the maintenance and conduct thereof. 

Tenth : To provide free text books and supplies 
for all children attending school, when so ordered 
by a vote of the electors; or if the free text books 
are not voted by the electors, to provide books for 
children of indigent parents, on the written state- 
ment of the city superintendent that the parents of 
such children are not able to purchase them. 

Eleventh: To require of the officers or em- 
ployees of the district to give a bond for the faithful 
discharge of their duties in such penal sum as may 
be fixed by the board with good and sufficient surety, 
and to cause the premium for all bonds required of 
all such officers or employees to be paid by the dis- 
trict. 

Twelfth : To prohibit all secret fraternities and 
sororities among the students in any of the schools 
of the said districts. 

Thirteenth: To appoint a practicing physician, 
lesident of the school district, who shall be known 
as the school district medical inspector, and whose 
duty it shall be to decide for the board of directors 
all questions of sanitation and health affecting the 
safety and welfare of the public schools of the dis- 
trict ; he or authorized deputies shall make monthly 
inspections of each school in the district and re- 
port the condition of the same to the board of edu- 
cation and board of health: Provided, however, 
that children shall not be required to submit to vac- 
cination against the will of their parents or guar- 
dian. 

Amends Section 254, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 



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Sec. 10. That Section 4575 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- 
ington be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4575. Whenever the number of school 
districts in any county is twenty-five or more, the 
county superintendent must arrange for holding a 
teachers' institute for at least three days in any 
manner which he believes will be of the greatest 
benefit to his teachers. 

Amends Section 321, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 11. That Section 4580 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4580. When the institute is held during 
the lime when a teacher is employed in teaching, 
his pay shall not be diminished by reason of his at- 
tendance when certified by the county superinten- 
dent, and in addition to the actual attendance earned 
by the district, an additional attendance shall be 
credited to the district, determined by multiplying 
the average daily attendance for the term by the 
number of days the teacher attended the institute : 
Provided, not to exceed three days for each teacher 
shall be credited for attendance at institute in any 
one year. 

Amends Section 326, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 12. That Section 4607 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4607. The board of directors of any 
school district provided for in this act, or hereafter 
created in this state may borrow money and issue 
negotiable coupon bonds therefor to any amount 
not to exceed five (5) per cent of the taxable prop- 
erty in such district, as shown by the last assess- 



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ment roll for county and state purposes previous 
to the incurring of such indebtedness; except that 
in incorporated cities the assessment shall be taken 
from the last assessment for city purposes, for the 
purpose of funding outstanding indebtedness, or 
bonds heretofore issued, or issued under the pro- 
visions of this act, or for the purchase of a school 
house site or sites for buildings or playgrounds au- 
thorized by law, erecting one or more school houses, 
an administration building and all other buildings 
authorized by law and providing the same with all 
necessary furniture, apparatus or equipment, or for 
any or all of these purposes, when authorized by 
vote of the district so to do, as provided in the next 
section: Provided, that the bonds so issued shall 
bear a rate of interest not to exceed six (6) per 
cent per annum, interest payable annually or semi- 
annually, payable and redeemable at such time as 
may be designated in the bonds. All school district 
bonds shall be payable within a period of not to 
exceed twenty-three years from date, except when 
issued by districts of the first class for the pur- 
pose of acquiring buildings or playground sites, or 
of erecting buildings of a permanent character, in 
which case they shall be made payable in semi-an- 
nual installments, beginning the third year over any 
period not exceeding forty years from date. And 
provided further: that from and after July 1, 1919 
all bonds issued by any school district shall be is- 
sued in serial form. 

Amends Section 353, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 13. That Section 4609 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4609. When authorized and empowered 
to issue bonds as provided in Section 4607, 4608, 



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the board of directors shall, within thirty days after 
the date of election, certify the result to the county 
treasurer of the county to which said school dis- 
trict belongs. With directions to sell a part or all 
of the bonds so authorized. The treasurer shall 
publish notice of the bonds so designated in at least 
one weekly newspaper published in the county seat, 
if there be one, for four consecutive issues, and pub- 
lish such other notices as the board of directors 
may require. Said notices must give the amounts 
of bonds to be sold, the time to run, where payable, 
the option, if any, of the district to redeem, also 
naming the hour and day for considering bids, and 
asking the bidders to name price and rates of in- 
terest at which they will purchase such bonds or 
any of them. Such bonds shall be issued in denomi- 
nations of not less than one hundred nor more than 
one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, and shall contain 
upon their faces the date and series of issue, rate 
of interest, where payable, time to run, option, if 
any, of district to redeem and the printed or litho- 
graphed statement that said bond is issued under 
the provisions of this act, and that the whole in- 
debtedness of said district does not exceed the con- 
stitutional limit. Each bond so issued must be reg- 
istered by the county treasurer, in a book to be 
kept for that purpose, which must show the number 
and such data as is necessary to secure a complete 
record of such bond, the series and amount of such 
bond, the person to whom the same is issued, the 
number of the district issuing, together with the 
names of directors signing the same; and the said 
bond shall be indorsed by the treasurer, with his 
name and full statement of the person to whom 
sold, and when issued, together with the number 
and series of said bond : Provided, that in the case 



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of joint school districts the bond or bonds shall be 
registered by the treasurer of each county in which 
any part of such school district shall lie. 

Amends Section 3 55, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 14. That Section 4667 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4667. The regular district election in 
each district of the first class shall be held upon the 
first Tuesday of December in each year. The board 
of directors shall cause written or printed notices 
to be posted, specifying the day and place of such 
election, and the time during which the ballot box 
will be kept open. Said notices shall be posted in at 
least one place in each ward in the district at least 
twenty days previous to the time of election. Said 
notices shall also be published three times in two 
daily papers published in the district, and if there 
be no daily or dailies, then in the weekly paper or 
papers in three regular issues next preceding the 
day of such election. If the board of directors fail 
to give notice at such time, as herein provided, then 
any five legal voters residing in the district may 
give such notice over their own title for such elec- 
tion. 

Amends Section 443, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 15. That Section 4668 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of "Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4668. At all elections official ballots or 
voting machines shall be used to record the votes of 
the electors, and the polls shall be opened at eight 
o'clock A. M. and be closed at eight o'clock P. M. 
The official ballot shall be printed and furnished by 
the board of directors and shall contain the names 



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of all candidates whose names have been presented 
by petitions signed by at least fifty registered 
voters filed with the secretary of the board not less 
than ten days before the day of election. The names 
of no other candidates shall appear upon said offi- 
cial ballots, nor upon the voting machines and no 
other ballots shall be received or counted. 

Amends Section 444, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 16. That Section 4669 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as 'follows : 

Section 4669. It shall be the duty of the board 
of directors to divide the district into suitable vot- 
ing precincts the boundaries of which shall follow 
city and county precinct lines wherever practicable 
and to provide in each voting precinct a voting 
place, provided the number of voting precincts shall 
not be greater than the number of county voting 
precincts in such district. The board shall also ap- 
point two judges and one clerk for each voting 
place. Both judges and clerk shall be qualified elec- 
tors in the precinct for which they are appointed. 
Should any judge or clerk be absent at the time for 
opening the polls, the electors present shall appoint 
a legal voter to fill such vacancy. In case voting 
machines shall be used an inspector shall be ap- 
pointed in place of the clerk, whose duties shall also 
include those of clerk. 

Amends Section 445, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 17. That Section 4670 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4670. The qualification of electors shall 
be the same as at a general state or county election. 
Only those electors residing within the district shall 



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be entitled to vote and an elector may vote only at 
the polling place designated by the board of direc- 
tors/ for the precinct in which the elector resides. 

Amends Section 446, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 18. That Section 4671 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton, be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4671. The city clerk, the county auditor 
or other municipal officer in whose custody the reg- 
istration books of the general election are kept, shall 
furnish to the secretary of the board on the morn- 
ing of the day of any school election, the registra- 
tion books or a copy thereof, of said city and of all 
county precincts lying outside the limits of the city 
but being wholly or partly within the district which 
said registration books shall be returned within two 
days after such election. 

Amends Section 447, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 19. That Section 4672 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4672. The board of directors shall, upon 
closing the polls, receive the returns at the time and 
place it shall direct and shall, within five days from 
such election meet as a canvassing board and can- 
vass the returns and ascertain the result. The re- 
sult of said election shall be certified by the board 
of directors to the county school superintendent, 
who shall preserve the certificate entering upon his 
record the receipt thereof, also the names of the per- 
son or persons elected as member of such board of 
directors for said district, together with the term, 
for which elected. 

Amends Section 448, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 



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Sec. 20. That Section 4675 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4675. The board of directors of each 
district in the state shall be authorized to employ 
judges and clerks or inspectors of election and to 
provide all funds and supplies necessary for carry- 
ing out the provisions of this act. 

Amends Section 451, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 21. That Section 4684 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes 'and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 4684. If any person duly registered is 
challenged, it shall be the duty of the judges of 
election to examine the challenger and any wit- 
nesses that may be produced on oath, touching the 
right of such elector to vote; the judges shall then, 
unless they dismiss said challenge, examine the pro- 
posed elector on oath, and if it appears that said 
elector is entitled to vote at said election his or her 
vote shall be received, otherwise rejected. Any 
person swearing falsely before any judge of elec- 
tion on the hearing of any such challenge, shall be 
deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be subjected to 
the pains and penalties of perjury. 

Amends Section 460, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 22. That Section 4685 of Remington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 4685. On the morning of any general 
or special school election, the secretary of the board 
shall deliver to the clerk or inspector of each voting 
precinct within his district the original book, or 
books of registration furnished to such secretary 
by the proper registration officers, ' covering the 
precinct or precincts for which such clerk or in- 



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spector was appointed. Each clerk or inspector of 
election shall return the books of registration en- 
trusted to him, to the secretary of the board at the 
time of the delivery of the ballots cast in the pre- 
cinct at such election, and it shall be unlawful for 
any clerk, inspector or any judge of election to 
cause or allow any marks or alterations to be made 
in said books while the same are in his possession, 
other than a proper check mark when a ballot is 
cast to indicate the party voting. 

Amends Section 461, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 23. That Section 4707 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washing- 
ton be hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 4707. Appeals from the decision or or- 
der, or from the failure to decide or order, by a 
board of school directors shall be taken to the 
county superintendent of schools in and for the 
county. Appeals from the decision or order, or 
the failure to decide or order, of a county super- 
intendent of schools shall, when relating to the 
operation or management of schools or to the rela- 
tion with teachers, be taken to the superintendent 
of public instruction. In all other cases appeal shall 
be taken to the superior court of the county in 
which the district is situated. 

Amends Section 480, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 24. That Sections 4674, 4676, 4677, 4679, 
4680, 4681 and 4682 of Eemington &. Ballinger's An- 
notated Codes and Statutes of the State of Wash- 
ington are hereby repealed. 

Passed the Senate February 5, 1919. 

Passed the House February 21, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 12, 1919. 

Repeals Sections 450, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, Code 
of Public Instruction, 1917. 



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CHAPTER 139. 

[H. B. 276.] 

ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICERS. 
An Act relating to the qualifications of public officers. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section" 1. That no person shall be competent 
to qualify for or hold any elective public office 
within the State of Washington, or any county, dis- 
trict, precinct, school district, municipal corpora- 
tion, or other district or political subdivision, unless 
he be a citizen of the United States and State of 
Washingtoil and an elector of such county, district, 
precinct, school district, municipality or other dis- 
trict or political subdivision. 

Passed the House February 27, 1919. 

Passed the Senate March 10, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 17, 1919. 



CHAPTER 142. 

[H. B. 322.] 



BASIS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY BY TAXING 
DISTRICTS. 

An Act defining taxing districts and assessed value of property 
for purposes of taxation, providing that all tax levies shall 
be made upon such assessed value, amending section 9112 of 
Remington & Ballinger's Code, and declaring that this act 
shall take effect immediately. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
■Washington: 

Section 1. The term "taxing district" as used 
in this act shall be held and construed to mean and 
include the state and any county, city, town, town- 



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ship, port district, school district, metropolitan 
park district, or other municipal corporation au- 
thorized or having the power to levy taxes now or 
hereafter existing; and the term ''assessed value of 
property" as used in this act shall be held and con- 
strued to mean the aggregate valuation of the prop- 
erty subject to taxation by any taxing district as 
placed on the last completed and balanced tax rolls 
of the county next jJreceding the date of any tax 
levy. 

Sec. 2. The terms "assessed valuation of tax- 
able property", ''valuation of taxable property", 
"value of taxable property", "taxable value of 
property", "property assessed" and "value" 
whenever used in any statute, law, charter or ordi- 
nance with relation to the levy of taxes in any tax- 
ing district, shall be held and construed to mean 
"assessed value of property" as hereinabove in 
section 1 of this act defined. 

Sec. 3. Whenever any taxing district or the 
officers thereof shall, pursuant to any provision of 
law or of its charter or ordinances, levy any tax, 
the assessed value of the property of such taxing 
district shall be taken and considered as the tax- 
able value upon which such levy shall be made. 

Sec. 4. That section 9112 of Eemington & Bal- 
linger's Code be and the same is hereby amended to 
read as follows : 

Section 9112. All property shall be assessed 
fifty per cent, of its true and fair value in money. 
In determining the true and fair value of real or 
personal property, the assessor shall not adopt a 
lower or different standard of value because the 
same is to serve as a basis of taxation; nor shall 
he adopt as a criterion of value the price for which 
the said property would sell at auction, or at a 



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forced sale, or in the aggregate with all the prop- 
erty in the town or district ; but he shall value each 
article or description of property by itself, and at 
such time or price as he believes the same to be 
fairly worth in money at the time such assessment 
is made. The true cash value of property shall be 
that value at which the property would be taken 
in payment of a just debt from a solvent debtor. 
In assessing any tract or lot of real property, the 
value of the land, exclusive of improvements, shall 
be determined; also, the value of all improvements 
and structures thereon and the aggregate value of 
the*" property, including all structures and other im- 
provements, excluding the value of crops growing 
on cultivated lands. In valuing any real property 
on which there is a coal or other. mine, or stone or 
other quarry, the same shall be valued at such price 
as such property, including the mine or quarry, 
would sell at a fair, voluntary sale for cash. Tax- 
able leasehold estates shall be valued at such a price 
as they would bring at a fair, voluntary sale for 
cash. 

Sec. 5. This act is necessary for the immediate 
preservation of the public peace, health and safety 
and for the immediate support of the state govern- 
ment and its existing public institutions and shall 
take effect immediately. 

Passed the House March 13, 1919. 

Passed the Senate March 13, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 17, 1919. 



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CHAPTER 147. 

/ [H. B. 38.] 

CENTRALIA NORMAL SCHOOL. 

An Act establishing a state normal school at Centralia, creat- 
ing a commission to select and accept a site therefor, pro- 
viding for the management, operation, and maintenance, fix- 
ing the conditions for the operation, and directing the levy- 
ing of a tax for the maintenance and operation thereof. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 
SECTioisr 1. There is hereby established a state 
normal school to be known as the State Normal 
School at Centralia for the purpose of education and 
training of teachers in the art of instruction and 
government in the public schools of the state. 

Sec. 2. The governor of the state shall appoint 
two citizens of the state, who, with himself, as chair- 
man, shall constitute a commission to examine and 
select a site for said normal school, which site shall 
be selected with a view to the economical operation 
of said school and for the convenience of the pupils 
and training classes thereof. The said commission 
shall meet in the city of Centralia within ninety days 
after the taking effect of this act and select a site 
within the corporate limits of the city of Centralia, 
Lewis county, Washington, for such normal school; 
Provided, That if said commission shall determine 
that there is no suitable site within the corporate 
limits of the city of Centralia, the commission may 
select a suitable site within one mile of the cor- 
porate limits of the city of Centralia. The said 
commission shall have power to accept on behalf of 
the state deeds conveying any site so located as a 
gift to the state. 



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Sec. 3. As. soon as said site shall liave been se- 
lected, the governor shall, in the manner provided 
by law, appoint a board of trustees for such normal 
school, whose terms, duties and powers shall be as 
provided by law. 

Sec. 4. The board of trustees shall provide for 
the opening of said normal school without unneces- 
sary delay, provided that the board may postpone 
the opening of said normal school until the first day 
of January, 1922, unless the city of Centralia shall 
furnish to the state, until the first day of January, 
1922, without expense therefor, except for the main- 
tenance and operating, the necessary rooms or build- 
ings for the proper operation and efficient conduct 
of said school. 

Sec. 5. There is hereby created a fund to be 
known as the ' ' Centralia Normal School Fund ' ', all 
sums of money produced by the tax provided for 
in this act and all bequests, gifts or gratuities made 
to said school shall be placed in said f and, and are 
hereby set apart for the use of said school for the 
purpose of maintenance, repairs, and construction 
of buildings and equipment therefor. 

Sec. 6. The state board of equalization shall at 
its regular meeting in the year 1921, and annually 
thereafter, at the time of levying taxes for state pur- 
poses, levy upon all property subject to taxation a 
tax of ten one hundredths (10/100) of a mill for the 
Centralia Normal School Fund. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the joint board 
of higher curricula in the report to be made next 
preceding the convening of the legislature in 1921 
to recommend any changes in the levy herein pro- 
vided for which the said board may deem necessary 
or proper, and to give their specific grounds and rea- 



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sons therefor, for the purpose of having the levy 
herein provided for readjusted by the legislature of 
192X. 

Passed the House, March 4, 1919. 

Passed the Senate, March 12, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 



CHAPTER 150. 

[H. B. 128.] 



AMENDMENTS OF TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND ACT. 

An Act in relation to Teachers' Retirement Fund and amending 
sections 8, 11, 15, 16 and 17 of "An Act providing for tile 
establishment and regulating the operation of Teachers' Re- 
tirement Funds in school districts of the first class, defining 
all powers and duties of certain officers in relation thereto, 
providing for the levy and collection of taxes therefor and 
providing for appeals from the decisions of the trustees of 
such fund." Also amending said act by adding a new section 
thereto to be known as Section 26. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 163, Laws of 
1917, is hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 8. All applications for membership shall 
be considered by the board of trustees at the next 
regular meeting after the same are filed, or at a 
special meeting called for that purpose before the 
next regular meeting, and, if the application is found 
to be in proper form and accompanied by the proof 
required by the trustees, the applicant's name shall 
be entered upon the membership register of the 
funds together with the respective totals of years 
and months of service allowed, in the district, in 
this state, and elsewhere, respectively, and a cer- 
tificate of membership showing the date of issue 



42 School Laivs of Washington 

and the former teaching serve allowed, shall be de- 
livered to the applicant and a duplicate thereof 
transmitted to the secretary of the district, who 
shall cause the same to be entered upon the records 
of the district. In making allowance fpr former 
service, a year of service shall be a legal school year 
where the service was rendered and fractions of 
years of service may be counted in computing the 
total years of service when the sum of such fraction 
equals one or more years. Provided, That no teacher 
shall receive more than one year's credit for teach- 
ing in any school year, as defined by the school code 
of this state. 

Amends Section 415, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 2. Section 11 of chapter 163, Laws of 1917, 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 

Section 11. It shall be the duty of the secretary 
of the district, at the time of issuing the transfer 
warrants -hereinabove provided for, to certify to 
the secretary of the fund the names of the teachers 
assessed and respective number of months of serv- 
ing since the last certificate, and the respective 
amounts deducted from the salary of each. Upon 
receiving such certificate, it shall be the duty of the 
secretary of the fund to credit the members with 
the respective months of service and respective 
amounts contributed by each, in the proper columns 
of the membership register after their respective 
names. Each member of the fund not employed by 
the district or granted leave of absence for profes- 
sional preparation by the board of directors, may 
on or before the 10th day of November, and on or 
before the 10th day of May of each year present 
his receipt from the county treasurer for his pay- 
ment for the benefit of the fund, to the secretary of 
the fund, together with a verified statement of the 



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amount and character of services rendered during 
the preceding half year, and it shall be the duty 
of the secretary to credit such service and contribu- 
tion to such member on the membership register 
and endorse such credit on the receipt and return it 
to the member: Provided, that credit shall not be 
allowed a member absent on leave for 'professional 
preparation in excess of two years of total absence 
on such leave, or in excess of one year of absence on 
such leave in any ten year period of total service. 

Amends Section 418, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 3. Section 15 of chapter 163, Laws of 1917, 
is hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 15. Any member who leaves the employ- 
ment of the district in which a retirement fund has 
been established under the provision of this act, and 
subsequently re-enters the employment of such dis- 
trict, shall be entitled to credit for contributions 
previously made, and, upon satisfactory proof, to 
credits for such service in teaching as has been ren- 
dered in the interim, and any member who leaves 
the employment of such district and enters the em- 
ployment of another district in this state in which 
a retirement fund has been or shall be established 
under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled 
to have the amount such member has contributed 
to the fund of the first district, but without interest 
thereon, transferred to, and shall be given credit 
therefor in the fund of the second district, and shall 
be entitled to have not more than three years of 
service in the first district credited as service in the 
second district in case the member shall apply for 
an annuity from the fund of the second district 
under the provisions of this act : Provided, that such 
transferred service shall not reduce the total amount 



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of service required, or the amount of service re- 
quired in this state. 

Amends Section 422, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 4. Section 16 of chapter 163, Laws of 1917, 
is hereby amended to read as follows : 

Section 16. Any member of the fund who shall 
have been a teacher for a period of, or periods 
aggregating thirty years, embracing not less than 
two hundred and forty months of service, fifteen 
years of which service shall have been in the public 
schools of this state, and twelve years of which ser- 
vice shall have been in the district where such per- 
son is a member, shall be entitled, upon and during 
retirement from service in the public schools to re- 
ceive a retirement annuity of four hundred and 
eighty dollars ($480.00) : Provided, that any mem- 
ber of the fund who shall have been a teacher for 
a period of or periods aggregating thirty-five years, 
embracing not less than two hundred and eighty 
months of service, fifteen years of which shall have 
been in the public schools of this state, and who is 
employed as a teacher in the district at the time the 
fund is established, shall be entitled upon and dur- 
ing retirement from service in the public schools to 
receive an annuity of four hundred and eighty dol- 
lars ($480.00) : And provided further, that no re- 
tirement annuity shall be credited or paid until the 
expiration of one year from the date of the estab- 
lishment of the fund: And provided further, that 
in case the credit for membership dues of any mem- 
ber, at the date of retirement, shall be less than the 
sum of seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720.00), 
and thereafter shall be paid such annuity, unless the 
member shall elect to pay into such fund the neces- 
sary amount to make up the total credit of seven 



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hundred and twenty dollars ($720.00), in which case 
the annuity shall be paid to the member. 

4mends Section 423, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 

Sec. 5. That chapter 163, Session Laws of 1917, 
be amended by adding a new section thereto, to be 
known as section 26, to read as follows : 

Section 26. If at the time of making the annual 
estimate of receipts and disbursements, as provided 
in section 13 of this act, it shall appear that the total 
estimated receipts for the current fiscal year to- 
gether with the total assets of the fund at the close 
of the preceding fiscal year, will be insufficient to 
meet the total estimated disbursements for the cur- 
cent fiscal year, it shall be the duty of the secre- 
tary of the board of trustees to certify the amount 
of such deficiency to the board of directors on or 
before the third Monday in July, and it shall be the 
duty of the board of directors to report to the board 
of county commissioners the amount required to 
make up such deficiency with the annual estimate of 
the amount required for the support of the schools 
of the district and the board of county commission- 
ers shall include such amount in the general tax levy 
for the district, and the same shall be collected as 
other taxes and when collected shall be credited to 
the teachers' retirement fund of the district, pro- 
vided, however, that the amount of such levy for the 
benefit of any retirement fund shall not in any year 
exceed a sum equal to the total amount contributed 
to the fund by its members during the preceding 
fiscal year. 

Passed the House, February 21, 1919. 

Passed the Senate, March 11, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 



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CHAPTER 151. 

[S. B. 211.] 

COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE IN PART-TIME SCHOOLS. 

An Act to provide for the establisliment of Part-Time Schools 
and classes and to define conditions under which attendance 
therein shall be compulsory. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. For the purpose of this act the per- 
son or persons designated by the board of school 
directors in districts of the first class and of the 
second class and the county superintendent of 
schools or person or persons designated by him act- 
ing for districts of the third class shall be known 
as permit officers. The State Board for Vocational 
Education shall be referred to as the State Board 
and the Federal Board for Vocational Education 
shall be referred to as the Federal Board. 

Sec, 2. All minors of the state residing or em- 
ployed in school districts of the state in which part- 
time schools are maintained, as hereinafter pro- 
vided, shall attend school until the age of eighteen 
(18) years unless (1) they are graduates from a 
four year higji school course or its equivalent, (2) 
they are in a part-time school and are employed in 
accordance with the terms of any state or federal 
act regulating the employmenti of such minors under 
the age of eighteen (18) years, (3) shall have been 
excused from school attendance in accordance with 
the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 3. Any minor fourteen years of age and 
under eighteen years of age who has completed the 
eighth grade or who in the judgment of the super- 
intendent of schools for districts of first and second 
class or of the county superintendent for districts 
of the third class can not profitably pursue further 



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regular school work as evidenced by statements filed 
with such superintendent; and any minor fifteen 
years of age and under eighteen years of age may 
apply to the board of school directors or the permit 
officer for the district where such minor resides for 
permission to leave school and to enter upon em- 
ployment and if upon investigation said board of 
school directors or permit officer finds that the needs 
of the family or the welfare of such minor require it, 
and if in the judgment of such board of school 
directors or permit officer such minor may legally 
engage in such employment the said board of school 
directors or permit officer shall issue an employ- 
ment permit which shall state the age of the minor 
as shown by the school register, the grade attained 
in school, and the person, firm or corporation which 
is to employ the minor. The board of school direc- 
tors or the permit officer shall have power and in 
all cases, of reasonable doubt it shall be their duty 
to require additional proofs of the age of minors 
seeking permission to leave school and enter upon 
employment. The term ''employment" as used in 
this act shall be interpreted to include such home 
occupation, home study or private instruction under 
the supervision and direction of a responsible 
parent or guardian as may be approved by the 
board of school directors or permit officers. 

Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corporation employ- 
ing any minor under the age of eighteen years, ex- 
cept during vacation, shall require the permit as set 
forth in Section 3 of this act from the minor it pro- 
poses to take into its employment and shall keep 
such permit on file during the employment of such 
minor and shall within ten (10) days after the be- 
ginning of such employment, report tO' the board of 
school directors or the permit officer upon blanks 



48 School Laws of Washington 

fumislied by him or them, the fact of such. employ- 
ment, and upon the termination of the employment 
of such minor shall return such permit tO' the proper 
school authorities within ten (10) days after the 
termination of such employment. 

Sec. 5. For districts of the first and second class 
the boards of school directors or person or persons 
designated by them and for districts of the third 
class the county superintendent shall keep a record 
of all permits issued and the data contained in such 
permits and shall submit- to the Superintendent of 
Public Instruction duplicate copies of such records 
on the first day of October, January, April, and July 
of each year and the Superintendent of Public In- 
struction shall in turn furnish a copy of such rec- 
ords to the State Commissioner of Labor. 

Sec. 6. Boards of school directors in all organ- 
ized school districts, upon the written request of 
twenty-five (25) or more adult hona fide residents 
of such districts, may, within one year from date of 
such request, establish part-time schools or classes 
when there are fifteen (15) or more minors over 
fourteen years of age and under eighteen years of 
age resident or employed in such districts and who 
are not in attendance upon a regular full-time school 
and who would, by the provisions of this act, be re- 
quired to attend such part-time schools or classes. 
All part-time schools or classes established under 
this act shall be held at least four hours per week 
during the weeks when the public schools of the 
district are in session, and such schools or classes 
shall be conducted between the hours of eight A. M. 
and five P. M. on school days, or between the: hours 
of eight A. M. and twelve-thirty P. M. on Satur- 
days. It shall be the duty of the board of school 
directors" in organizing part-time schools or classes 



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which are to participate in federal funds available 
for the encouragement of vocational education to 
provide equipment, instruction and courses of study 
in accordance with the plans of the State Board ap- 
proved by the Federal Board. 

Sec. 7. Whenever a part-time school or class is 
established and maintained in accordance with this 
act by the district in which any minor under 
eighteen years of age resides or in which he is em- 
ployed, the parent, guardian or other person having 
control or charge of such minor shall cause him or 
her to attend such part-time school or class at least 
four hours per week during the time the public 
schools of the district where such school or class is 
located are in session, unless (1) such minor is in 
attendance upon a regular full-time day school sup- 
ported by either public or private funds, or (2) shall 
have completed a four-year high school course, or 
its equivalent or (3) is in attendance upon a part- 
time school maintained in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this act, and approved by the State Board 
although not qualifying for reimbursement, or (4) 
shall have been excused by the board of school direc- 
tors or permit officer for the district in which such 
minor resides upon a certificate of a reputable ph}''- 
sician or the recognized medical authority of the 
district stating that such attendance upon the part- 
time school or class would be injurious to the healtli 
of such minor, or (5) shall have been excused under 
the provisions of Section 3 of this act. Any parent, 
guardian or other person having control or charge 
of any such minor and failing to comply with the 
provisions of this act shall be liable upon conviction 
to be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars 
($5.00), or more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) 
for each such offense, or by imprisonment in the 



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county or city jail not less than one day nor more 
than ten days or both such fine and imprisonment 
at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 8. Whenever the number of hours for which 
minors less than eighteen years of age may be em- 
ployed shall be fixed by federal or state law the 
hours of attendance upon a part-time school or class 
organized in accordance with the terms of this act 
shall be counted as a part of the number of hours 
fixed for legal employment by federal or state law. 

Sec. 9. Any person, firm or corporation employ- 
ing^ a minor less than eighteen years of age, except 
during vacation, shall permit the attendance of such 
minoj* upon a part-time school or class for at least 
four hours per week whenever such part-tmie school 
or class shall have been established in the district 
where such minor resides or may be employed, and 
any person, firm or corporation employing any 
minor less than eighteen years of age contrary to 
the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine 
of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more 
than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, 
or hy imprisonment in the county or city jail not 
less than one day and not more than ten days or by 
both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of 
the court. 

Sec. 10. The requirement of attendance upon 
part-time schools or classes provided for in this act 
shall not apply to minors who were regularly and 
legally employed during the school year ending 
June 30, 1919. 

Sec. 11. The State Board shall establish rules 
and regulations governing the organization, courses 
and maintenance of part-time schools or classes 
and shall prescribe the form of the necessary blanks 



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to enable the districts to carry out the provisions 
of this act. 

Sec. 12. Whenever any part-time schools or 
classes shall have been established in accordance 
with the provisions of this act and the rnles and 
regulations established by the State Board and 
shall have been approved by the State Board, the 
district shall be entitled to reimbursement from 
federal funds available for the provisions of voca- 
tional education for the expenditures made for the 
salaries of teachers of such part-time schools or 
classes and such reimbursement shall be appor- 
tioned by the State Board. 

Sec. 13. The officer charged by law with the 
responsibility for enforcement of attendance upon 
regular public schools of children over eight (8) 
years of age shall also be charged with the respon- 
sibility for the enforcement of attendance upon 
part-time schools or classes of minors over fourteen 
(14) and under eighteen (18) years of age in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 14. All acts and parts of acts in conflict 
with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 

Passed the Senate March 3, 1919. 

Passed the House March 11, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 



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CHAPTEK 156. 

[S. B. 155.] 

COMPENSATION OF CLERKS OF SECOND AND THIRD 
CLASS SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

An Act authorizing the compensation of clerks of second and 
third class school districts, and amending section 4542 of 
Remington and Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of 
"Washington. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That section 4542 of Remington & 
Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- 
ington be amended to read as follows : 

Section 4542. The district clerk of districts of 
the second class shall receive three dollars per day 
for the time actually and necessarily spent in taking 
the census and making his report, and he shall re- 
ceive such other reasonable compensation for other 
services as the directors shall allow, said accounts 
to be audited and paid by the directors out of the 
funds of the district: Provided, That a director 
elected as clel-k in a third class district may be al- 
lowed not to exceed sixty dollars per year for tak- 
ing the census and making his report, for perform- 
ing his other duties as clerk and for rendering such 
other services for the district as the director shall 
approve : Provided, further, That no account for 
services rendered by any district clerk shall be au- 
dited or allowed by any board of directors, or any 
warrant issued for the payment of any such ac- 
counts, until he shall have filed with the board of 
directors a certificate of the county superintendent 
of his county that all reports required by law have 
been properly made ; and it shall be the duty of the 
county superintendent to make and transmit to the 



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clerks of such districts as have made all reports 
required by law, on or before the first Saturday of 
the' month of August of each year, the certificate 
required by this section. 

Passed the Senate February 27, 1919. 
Passed the House March 12, 1919. 
Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 

Amends Section 288, Code of Public Instruction, 1917. 



CHAPTER 160. 

[H. B. 250.] 

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 

An Act providing for the acceptance of the benefits of an Act of 
Congress making provision for the promotion of vocational 
education; designating the State Board of Education as the 
State Board for Vocational Education; defining the duties of 
the State Board for Vocational Education and of the State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction in connection there- 
with; providing for vocational schools or classes in school 
districts of the state and making provision for reimburse- 
ment of said districts in which vocational schools or courses 
are maintained. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 
Sectio]^ 1. The State of Washington hereby ac- 
cepts all the provisions and benefits of an act 
passed by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress as- 
sembled, entitled ''An act to provide for the pro- 
motion of vocational education; to provide for co- 
operation with the states in the promotion of such 
education in agriculture and the trades and indus- 
tries; to provide for cooperation with the states 
in the preparation of teachers of vocational sub- 
jects; and to appropriate money and regulate its 
expenditure," and approved February 23, 1917. 



54 School Laws of Washington 

Sec. 2. The State Treasurer is hereby desig- 
nated and appointed custodian of all monies re- 
ceived by the state from the appropriations made by 
the said act of Congress and is authorized to re- 
ceive and to provide for the proper custody of the 
same and to make disbursements therefrom in the 
manner provided in said act and for the purposes 
therein specified. He shall also, upon the order of 
the State Board for Vocational Education, pay out 
any monies appropriated by the State of Washing- 
ton for the purpose of carrying out the provisions 
of ^this act. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Education is hereby 
designated as the State Board for Vocational Edu- 
cation and shall have authority to administer any 
legislation enacted by the legislature of the State of 
Washington in pursuance of the aims and purposes 
of said act of Congress insofar as the provisions of 
said act of Congress may apply to the administra- 
tion of vocational education in and for the State of 
Washington. It shall have power to administer the 
funds provided by the Federal Government, and by 
the State of Washington under the provisions of 
this act and of all acts passed by the legislature of 
the State of Washington for the promotion of vo- 
cational education in agricultural subjects, trade 
and industrial subjects and home economics sub- 
jects. It shall have full authority to formulate 
plans for the promotion of vocational education in 
such subjects as are an integral part of the public 
school system of the State of Washington and to 
provide for the preparation of the teachers of such 
subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compen- 
sation of such officials and assistants as it may 
deem necessary to administer the provisions of this 
act for the State of Washington and to pay such 



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compensation and other necessary expenses of ad- 
ministration from funds appropriated for this pur- 
pose. It shall have authority to make investiga- 
tions relating to vocational education; to promote 
and aid in the establishment, by school districts or 
institutions, of schools, departments or classes giv- 
ing training in agricultural subjects, trade and in- 
dustrial subjects and home economics subjects and 
to cooperate with such school districts or institu- 
tions in the maintenance of said schools, depart- 
ments or classes. It shall have power to prescribe 
qualifications of the teachers, directors and super- 
visors of such vocational subjects in said schools, 
departments or classes and have full authority to 
provide for the certification of said teachers, direc- 
tors and supervisors. It shall direct and control 
all instrumentalities and courses prescribed and 
established under its authority for the preparation 
of teachers, directors and supervisors of such sub- 
jects and it shall have power to maintain such 
classes under its own direction and control. It shall 
also establish and determine by general regulations 
the qualifications to be possessed by persons en- 
gaged in the training of vocational teachers. The 
State Board for Vocational Education shall have 
power to make any necessary rules and regulations 
to carry out any provisions of this act. 

Sec. 4. The Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion shall be the chief executive officer of the State 
Board for Vocational Education and shall appoint, 
with the approval of said Board, the necessary ex- 
perts, assistants and employees to carry out the 
provisions of this act. 

Sec. 5. The Board of Directors of any organ- 
ized school district or any educational institution of 
less than college grade under public supervision or 



56 School Laws of Washington 

control may establish and maintain vocational 
schools or classes giving instruction of less than 
college grade in agriculture, trades and industries, 
or in home economics, and whenever such schools 
or classes shall have met the standards, courses and 
requirements established and prescribed or ap- 
proved by the State Board for Vocational Educa- 
tion, as approved by the Federal Board for Voca- 
tional Education, such district or institution shall 
be entitled to share in the distribution of the fed- 
eral funds available under the provisions of the fed- 
eral acts providing for vocational education and 
also in any state funds appropriated for the promo- 
tion of vocational education. Whenever any such 
schools or classes shall have been organized as 
herein provided the district or institution maintain- 
ing the same shall be entitled to reimbursement for 
monies expended for the salaries of teachers of vo- 
cational courses approved by said State Board for 
Vocational Education not to exceed fifty per cent, 
of the total monies so expended and such reimburse- 
ment shall be made to such school districts or insti- 
tutions from the fund obtained by adding, to the 
federal funds available for the promotion of Voca- 
tional Education, any fund or funds set aside for 
this purpose by the State Board for Vocational 
Education from monies under its administrative 
control. Such reimbursement shall be apportioned 
under the direction of the State Board for Voca- 
tional Education. 

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this act vocational 
schools or classes may be established, (1) as all-day 
schools or classes giving instruction in agricultural, 
home economics or trade and industrial subjects; 
(2) as part-time schools or classes giving instruc- 
tion as prescribed by the State Board for Voca- 



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tional Education to promote civic and vocational 
intelligence; (3) as evening school classes giving 
instruction supplemental to the daily employment. 

Sec. 7. Any school district organizing voca- 
tional schools, departments or classes in accord- 
ance with the terms of this act, and in accordance 
with the rules, regulations and courses prescribed 
or approved by the State Board for Vocational 
Education may raise and expend monies for the pur- 
pose of organizing and maintaining such voca- 
tional schools or classes in the same manner in 
which monies are raised and expended for other 
school purposes, provided that in the event that 
the amount of money which can be legally so raised 
shall be insufficient to organize and maintain such 
schools, departments or classes, authority is hereby 
granted to the school directors of such district to 
increase the school levy not to exceed one mill above 
the limit otherwise provided for in the several 
classes of districts; and the amount so raised in 
excess of the said limit shall be used exclusively for 
the purpose of organizing and maintaining voca- 
tional schools, departments or classes as herein pro- 
vided. 

Passed the House March 3, 1919. 

Passed the Senate March 10, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 



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CHAPTER 162. 

[S. B. 101.] 

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INCREASING 
SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS. ' 

An Act for the amendment of article III of the Constitution of 
the State of Washington relating to the salaries of state 
officers. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 
Section 1. That at the general election to be 
hefd in this state on the Tuesday next succeeding 
the first Monday in November, 1920, there shall be 
subinitted to the qualified electors of this state, for 
their adoption and approval or rejection, an amend- 
ment to article III of the Constitution of the State 
of Washington, so that sections 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 
21, and 22 of said article III shall, when amended, 
read as follows : 

Section 14. The governor shall receive an an- 
nual salary of ten thousand dollars. 

Section 16. The lieutenant-governor shall be 
the presiding officer of the state senate, and shall 
discharge such other duties as may be prescribed 
by law. He shall receive an annual salary of two 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Section 17. The secretary of state shall keep a 
record of the official acts of the legislature and exec- 
utive department of the state, and shall, when re- 
quired, lay the same, and all matters relative there- 
to, before either branch of the legislature, and shall 
perform such other duties as shall be assigned him 
by law. He shall receive an annual salary of five 
thousand dollars. 



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Section 19. The treasurer shall perform such 
duties as shall be prescribed by law. He shall re- 
ceive an annual salary of five thousand dollars. 

Section 20. The auditor shall be auditor of pub- 
lic accounts, and shall have such powers and per- 
form such duties in connection therewith as may 
be prescribed by law. He shall receive an annual 
salary of five thousand dollars. 

Section 21. The attorney general shall be legal 
adviser of the state officers, and shall perform such 
other duties as may be prescribed by law. He shall 
receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars. 

Section 22. The superintendent of public in- 
struction shall have supervision over all matters 
pertaining to public schools, and shall perform such 
special duties as may be prescribed by law. He 
shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dol- 
lars. 

Sec. 2. The secretary of state shall cause the 
amendment proposed in section 1 of this act to be 
published for three months next preceding said elec- 
tion in some weekly newspaper in every county 
where a newspaper is published, throughout the 
state. 

Passed the Senate March 7, 1919. 
Passed the House March 11, 1919. 
Approved by the Governor March 18, 1919. 



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CHAPTEE 168. 

[S. H. B. 193.] 

CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTIES FOR REGULATION OF 
COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. 

An Act classifying counties according to population, fixing the 
salaries of county officers of such counties according to class, 
and repealing sections 3884-1, 3888, 4031 and 4033 to 4061, both 
inclusive, Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Stat- 
utes of Washington, and chapter 88 of the Laws of 1917, and 
all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. For the purpose of regulating the 
compensation of county officers and for all other 
purposes herein provided for, the several counties 
of the state are hereby classified according to their 
population as follows : 

Counties containing a population of 210,000 or 
more shall belong to and be known as Class A 
counties ; 

Counties containing a population of 125,000 and 
under 210,000 shall belong to and be known as 
counties of the first class; 

Counties containing a population of 70,000 and 
under 125,000 shall belong to and be known as 
counties of the second class ; 

Counties containing a population of 40,000 and 
under 70,000 shall belong to and be known as coun- 
ties of the third class ; 

Counties containing a population of 18,000 and 
under 40,000 shall belong to and be known as coun- 
ties of the fourth class; 

Counties containing a population of 12,000 and 
under 18,000 shall belong to and be known as coun- 
ties of the fifth class ; 



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Counties containing a population of 5,000 and 
under 12,000 shall belong to and be known as coun- 
ties of the sixth class ; 

Counties containing a population of 4,000 and 
under 5,000 shall belong to and be known as coun- 
ties of the seventh class; 

Counties containing a population under 4,000 
shall belong to and be known as counties of the 
eighth class. 

Sec. 2. The salaries of the county officers of 
class A counties, and counties of the first, second, 
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes, 
as determined by the last preceding federal census, 
shall be per annum respectively as follows : 

Class A counties : Auditor, clerk, treasurer, 
sheriff, attorney, assessor, engineer, superintendent 
of schools, members of board of county commis- 
sioners, thirty-six hundred dollars ($3600.00) ; coro- 
ner, two thousand dollars ($2000.00). 

Counties of the first class : Auditor, clerk, treas- 
urer, sheriff, assessor, engineer, superintendent of 
schools, members, of board of county commission- 
ers and attorney, three thousand dollars ($3000.00) ; 
coroner, fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00). 

Counties of the second class: Auditor, clerk, 
treasurer, sheriff, attorney, assessor, engineer, su- 
perintendent of schools, members of board of. 
county commissioners, twenty-four hundred dol- 
lars ($2400.00) ; coroner, twelve hundred dollars 
($1200.00). 

Counties of the third class: Auditor, clerk, 
treasurer, sheriff, attorney, assessor, engineer, su- 
perintedent of schools, twenty-two hundred and fifty 
dollars ($2250.00) ; members of board of county 
commissioners, two thousand dollars ($2000.00) ; 
coroner, eight hundred dollars ($800.00). 



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Counties of the fourth class: Auditor, clerk, 
treasurer,, sheriff, attorney, assessor, engineer, su- 
perintendent of schools, two thousand dollars 
($2000.00) ; members of the board of county com- 
missioners, fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) ; 
coroner, four hundred and fifty dollars ($450.00). 

Counties of the fifth class : Auditor, clerk, treas- 
urer, sheriff, attorney, assessor, engineer, superin- 
tendent of schools, eighteen dollars ($1800.00) ; 
members of board of county commissioners, six dol- 
lars ($6.00) per day for time actually spent in the 
performance of their duties; coroner, three hun- 
dred dollars ($300.00). 

Counties of the sixth class: Auditor clerk, 
treasurer, sheriff, assessor, engineer, superintend- 
ent of schools, attorney, fifteen hundred dollars 
($1500.00) ; coroner, one hundred dollars ($100.00) ; 
members of board of county commissioners, six dol- 
lars ($6.00) per day for time actually spent in the 
performance of their duties. 

Counties of the seventh class: Auditor, four- 
teen hundred dollars ($1400.00) ; clerk, treasurer, 
sheriff, thirteen hundred dollars ($1300.00) ; attor- 
ney, assessor, engineer, superintendent of schools, 
twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) ; coroner, one 
hundred dollars ($100.00) ; members of the board 
of county commissioners, six dollars ($6.00) per day 
for the time actually spent in the performance of 
their duties. 

Counties of the eighth class : Auditor, treasurer, 
twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) ; sheriff, one 
thousand dollars ($1000.00) ; clerk, attorney, super- 
intendent of schools, nine hundred dollars 
($900.00) ; coroner, sixty dollars ($60.00) ; assessor, 
engineer, members of board of county commission- 



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ers, six dollars ($6.00) per day for time actually 
spent in the performance of their duties. 

All county of&cers shall be entitled to their nec- 
essary traveling expenses in the performance of 
their official duties, bills therefor to be audited by 
the county commissioners. 

Sec. 3. Sections 3888, 4031, and 4033 to 4061, 
both inclusive, of Eem. & Bal. Code, and chapter 
88 of the Laws of 1917, and all other acts and parts 
of acts in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on and after 
the second Monday in January, 1921. 

Passed the House, March 8th, 1919. 
Passed the Senate, March 11th, 1919. 
Approved by the Governor March 19, 1919. 



CHAPTEE 175. 

[S. B. 192.] 



ELECTIONS AND TERMS OP COUNTY AND PRECINCT 
OFFICERS. 

An Act fixing the terms of county and precinct officers and pre- 
scribing the time of holding elections therefor. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 
Sectioist 1. The term of office of all county and 
precinct officers elected on and after the Tuesday 
next following the first Monday in November 1922 
shall be four years and until their successors are 
elected and qualified and except the County Super- 
intendent of Schools shall begin on the second Mon- 
day in January following the election: Provided, 
that this act shall not apply to county commis- 
sioners. 



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Sec. 2. The election of such county and pre- 
cinct oJBScers shall be held on the Tuesday next fol- 
lowing the first Monday in November, 1922; and 
every four years thereafter on the Tuesday next 
following the first Monday in November, and all 
such elective county and precinct officers shall after 
the taking effect of this act be elected at the time 
herein specified: Provided, that if a vacancy occur 
during the first biennium after any such election, an 
election to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term 
shall be held at the next succeeding general elec- 
tion. 

Sec. 3. That all the statutes of this state, and 
parts of statutes inconsistent with the provisions 
of this act are hereby repealed. 

Passed the Senate March 8, 1919. 

Passed the House March 11, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 19, 1919. 



CHAPTEE 193. 

[H. B. 180.] 

BUREAU OF FARM DEVELOPMENT. 

An Act relating to the Bureau of Farm Development, and amend- 
ing Section 3000-15, 3000-17, 3000-18 and 3000-19 of Remington 
& Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

Section 1. That section 3000-15 of Rem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3000-15. There is hereby created the 
Bureau of Farm Development of the State of Wash- 
ington, which shall consist of the Director of the 
Extension Service of the State College of Washing- 



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ton, who shall be director thereof, and of the 
Boards of County Commissioners or representa- 
tives appointed by them of all counties of the State 
of Washington desiring to participate therein. The 
officers and members of such Bureau of Farm De- 
velopment shall serve without salary, and the ex- 
penses incident to the operation of said Bureau of 
Farm Development shall be borne by the county for 
which the same shall be incurred. Meetings of the 
Bureau of Farm Development shall be called by the 
director thereof at least once each calendar year. 

Sec. 2. That section 3000-16 of Rem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3000-16. The Board of County Commis- 
sioners of any county may by request in writing 
apply to the Director of the Bureau of Farm De- 
velopment for either the appointment of an agri- 
cultural expert, home economics expert, or a club 
work expert, or other agricultural or home eco- 
nomics expert or all of them, and they shall have 
the power to enter into agreement with the State 
College of Washington according to agreement 
forms which shall be approved by the Attorney Gen- 
eral of the State of Washington, making provision 
for employing such experts and for paying their ex- 
penses incurred in performing their official duties. 
The director shall appoint and assign to such county 
the expert or experts applied for : Provided, that 
the expert or experts so appointed and assigned 
shall be satisfactory to the Board of County Com- 
missioners applying therefor. The Board of County 
Commissioners shall have the power to determine 
the period during which any such expert or experts 
shaU be employed and to fix the compensation of 
such expert or experts at not to exceed two hundred 
and fifty dollars ($250.00) per month for any one 



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expert and not tO' exceed for salaries the sum of five 
hundred dollars ($500.00) per month, and in their 
discretion necessary traveling expenses: Provided 
further, that each such agreement relating to agri- 
cultural, home economics, or club work experts shall 
continue in full force until either the Board of 
County Commissioners or the State College of 
Washington shall terminate the agreement by giv- 
ing notice to the other part or parties, this notice 
to be delivered in writing at least three (3) months 
prior to the date on which the agreement shall ex- 
pire. 

Sec. 3. That Section 3000-17 of Rem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3000-17. Any such expert or experts 
shall during the period of his or her employment 
reside and maintain an office within the county for 
which he or she is appointed, and with the consent of 
the Board of County Commissioners of such county 
he or she may employ such assistance as may be 
required and purchase such books, equipment, ap- 
paratus, and material as may be required, which 
books, equipment, apparatus, and material pur- 
chased with county funds shall become and remain 
the property of the county: Provided, that the ex- 
penses which may be incurred by the authority of 
this section shall never exceed the sum of two thou- 
sand dollars ($2000.00) during any calendar year. 

Sec. 4. That section 3000-18 of Eem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3000-18. Such agricultural, home eco- 
nomics or club work experts shall give individual 
instruction and conduct demonstration work with 
the object of improving the agricultural methods 
and conditions and home conditions of their coun- 
ties, and shall perform such other duties as may be 



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required to carry out the purposes of this act, sub- 
ject to the general supervision and control of the 
director of the Bureau of Farm Development. Such 
home economics experts shall give individual in- 
struction and conduct demonstration work in the 
buying, preserving and preparation of food, the 
purchase of material and the making of clothing, 
and in home sanitation and nursing and in home 
arrangement and housekeeping: Provided that the 
Boards of County Commissioners shall always have 
the right to cooperate with the Department of Ag- 
riculture in the United States in the appointment, 
maintenance and work of such experts ; and in such 
event, the Director of the Bureau of Farm Develop- 
ment shall appoint for the county exercising the 
privilege herein granted, such person or persons as 
are mutually agreeable to the Board of County 
Commissioners, the United States Department of 
Agriculture and the Director of the Bureau of 
Farm Development, and said experts shall then be 
subject to the joint supervision and control of said 
Director of the Bureau of Farm Development and 
the United States Department of Agriculture, and 
said Department of Agriculture shall defray such 
portion as may be agreed upon of the salary, office 
expenses, and other expenses incurred by such ex- 
perts. 

Sec. 5. That section 3000-19 of Rem. & Bal. 
Code be amended to read as follows : 

Section 3000-19. For the purpose of fully and 
effectively carrying out the object and provisions of 
this Act, the Boards of County Commissioners of 
the counties participating herein are hereby em- 
powered to levy, appropriate, and set aside such 
sum of money as may be necessary and in the event 
of failure from any cause to levy and appropriate 



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such fund, arid until the next annual tax levy, said 
Boards of County Commissioners are empowered 
to pay such salaries and expenses from the county 
current expense fund. 

Passed the House, February 27, 1919.' 

Passed the Senate, March 10, 1919. 

Approved by the Governor March 20, 1919. 



CHAPTER 202. 

[H. B. 263.] 



PETITIONS FOR COMMITMENT OF MINORS TO PARENTAL 

SCHOOLS. 

An Act in relation to parental schools, amending sections 8609 
and 8610 Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Stat- 
utes of Wasliington. 

Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of 
Washington: 

SECTioisr 1. That Section 8609 of Remington & 
Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of the 
State of Washington be amended to read as follows : 

Section 8609. It shall be the duty of any truant 
officer or agent of such board of directors to petition 
and any reputable citizen of the city may petition 
the superior court, to inquire into the case of any 
child of compulsory school age, who is not attend- 
ing school, or who has been guilty of habitual tru- 
ancy, or incorrigibility, and the petition shall also 
state the name, if known, of the father and mother 
of said child, or the survivor of them ; and if neither 
father nor mother of said child is living or cannot 
be found in the county or if their names cannot be 
ascertained, then the name of the guardian if there 
be one known, and if there be a parent living whose 
name can be ascertained, or guardian, the petition 



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shall show whether or not the father or mother or 
guardian consents to the commitment of child to 
such parental or truant school. Such petition shall 
be verified by oath upon the belief of the petitioner 
and upon being filed the judge of the superior court 
shall have such child named in the petition brought 
before him for the purpose of determining the appli- 
cation contained in such petition. But no child shall 
be committed to such school who has ever been con- 
victed of any offense punishable by confinement in 
any penal institution. Any child so received from 
the Juvenile Court shall be subject to the other pro- 
visions of this act and may at any time, by order of 
the School Directors be returned to the Juvenile 
Court and shall not thereafter be returned to the 
Parental school without the consent of the Directors 
of such School District. 

Sec. 2. [Vetoed.] 

Passed the House, March 9, 1919. 

Passed the Senate, March 12, 1919. 

Section 1 approved by the Governor March 22, 
1919. 

Section 2 vetoed by the Governor March 22, 
1919. 



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